Edgar Wright and Glen Powell’s upcoming remake of The Running Man is officially set to hit theaters on November 7, 2025. Of course, upon release, it will be instantly weighed and measured against the 1987 cult classic, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
While that first adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian novel has its fans, Schwarzenegger himself recently spoke about how the remake has the opportunity to improve on what came before.
In a new interview with CBR, Schwarzenegger discusses the upcoming remake, touching on some weak points in the original that he thinks Wright and Powell's film can improve upon.
Said Schwarzenegger, "Running Man’ was one of the movies that…I think it would have been great if we would have been better prepared for this movie if we would have had more money for this movie, and if we would have had then… the visual effects, the technology of visual effects, that they have today, all of those things I wished after the movie came out, I felt like it could have been better."
He continued, "It was great, but it could have been better, and I think that they have a good chance now with the new ‘Running Man’ to make it better. And I hope, for their sake and for my sake, I hope that they will be successful."
The original 1987 film starring Schwarzenegger also took significant liberties with the Stephen King novel. However, Powell and Wright's project promises a more faithful adaptation, including a depiction of Ben Richards as the average, everyman individual he is in the book.
In addition to Powell, the remake also stars Colman Domingo (If Beale Street Could Talk), Michael Cera, (Scot Pilgrim vs the World), Josh Brolin (Dune: Part Two, Avengers: Infinity War), Emilia Jones (Locke & Key), Lee Pace (Halt and Catch Fire, Foundation), William H. Macy (Shameless))and Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding).
Brolin is set to play a producer of the show, with Domingo playing the show's host, and Pace playing one of the fiendish hunters tasked with hunting down the game's contestants.
Cera is reportedly playing a rebel who's out to overthrow the government and finds himself assisting Powell's lead character.
Katy O'Brian, Daniel Ezra, and Karl Glusman are also set to appear in supporting roles.
Per Powell's Instagram, filming on the remake wrapped back in March.
With Edgar Wright’s signature style and a timely politically-edged comedy baked into a classic King story, The Running Man has a chance to be something a little more special than just a nostalgia play.